What affect could dislocating a shoulder have on a person with type 1 diabetes?
My friend and I are trying to role play a scene and her character (a detective with diabetes) just dislocated his shoulder. My character is a doctor and I wanted my response to be as medically accurate as possible. Could someone who knows more about diabetes tell me how a trauma like this might affect a person with type 1 diabetes?
The only possible connection between injury and type 1 diabetes is that a significant injury may mildly elevate glucose over a short period of time. The injury in and of itself will not alter long-term diabetic control. Opioids – to treat pain – do not affect blood glucose. It is very rare for a dislocated shoulder to become infected and in fact in the absence of penetration through the skin I am not aware of a single case. Your response as a physician would be very straight-forward and not really affected by this person’s type 1 diabetes. You must obtain adequate pain control in order to ‘reduce’ the shoulder which means to move it back into place. After this the pain should virtually disappear although a few days of anti-inflammatory non-steroidal pain medications may be advised. May the muse of theater make you a master thespian. I wish you the very best of health and in all things may God bless.
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What are the most common symptoms of diabetes?
I don’t know if i have diabetes or not, as I have some of the symptoms, like urinating often and thirst. however, I don’t know exactly to what extent these symptoms apply, as I can find quantified data nowhere. What exactly is "extreme thirst". How many times going to the bathroom is "urinating often." Is "sudden weight loss always a symptom". Thanks for the help.
^Thirst and frequent urination, can vary from person to person if you are drinking much more than usual and urinating more than usual for you that can be a sign.
The best thing to do is go to your doctor and have an A1C test, this is a blood test that will give you, your glucose (sugar) levels for the last 3 months. Ask your doctor to run kidney, liver function and a CBC test also, these are all blood tests as well.
Please go to the site below, they have a link for a test you can take on line, just answer the questions and they will evaluate to see if you have a risk factor. Good luck, I hope this helps.
